is it true that the smarter you are, the wrinkleier ur brain is?

Question

i heard that, an it seems funny! is it true?

Answer 1

Yes - I believe it is true.

I am exceedingly smart and I am actually wrinkly all over.

Answer 2

No. All brains have wrinkles, we're just formed that way in the womb. Its the amount of neural pathways and how we use them that matter. The wrinkles just help to make MORE space for us to get more brain matter into our heads by "shrinking" the size of our brains. In other words, the more wrinkles it has, the more brain we can fit into our brain casings, which in turn DOES help. So, on THAT level, it would matter in making us smarter. So the answer is yes and no. Like much of life, its a combination of things.

Answer 3

Yes I heard something like that. That each time we learn or discover something it creates another crease in our already wrinkly brains...so I guess a genius would have a really wrinkled brain. Maybe when you suffer brain damage (through trauma, or drugs etc) it irons out the wrinkles!

Answer 4

I think so. I heard that the autopsy of Albert Einstein revealed a significant amount of more brain wrinkles than the average and even most smart people.

Answer 5

It is true. The smarter you are, the more nerve pathways you have, but your skull is the same size as a dumb person's, so the only way to fit in more is to wrinkle up.

Answer 6

I've heard that theory. But I'm not sure there is any proof. I heard a story that when they dissected Einstein's brain after he died it had twice as many folds as normal humans. But again, that may only be a story.

Answer 7

Yes, I have heard that is the case.

Answer 8

Supposedly, this is supposed to be true.